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Snuff Box Round Guilloche Enamel Box Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold “paillons” in the shape of stars to create a starry sky effect. With turquoise enamel circle with hand-engraved motif. Late 1600s Baroque style. Diameter cm. 7.7 cm high. 2.3. Weight gr. 226. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in several specimens in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 800° C -
The Paillons processing, now almost disappeared, and a rare technique recognized as a craft. Several layers of enamel are applied to the object, baked one by one in the oven.
Afterwards, the designs cut out of thin gold leaves, the paillons foils, are applied one by one by hand to form the desired figure. These sheets are then in turn coated...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
1930s Arrow "Naughty Hula Girl" Swirled Bakelite Table Striker Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This vintage table lighter by the company ARROW is an exceedingly rare find: a tastefully nude Hula Girl model crafted from chromed metal, featuring a Bakelite base. Within the base ...
Category
Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Round Tobacco Box Art Decò Italian Design 1930 Solid Brass
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Tobacco Box Art Deco Italian Design 1930 Solid Brass
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Petite Chinese Brass Opium Box with Dragon Etching
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite metal canister was once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Providing an airtight seal, the small box is formed of brass with an etched and stamped d...
Category
Chinese Qing 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rectangular Art Deco Walnut and Walnut-Root Box, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1930s - 1940s.
Made in walnut and walnut-root.
It is a vintage piece, but it's been recently restored, therefore it can be considered as in excellent condition and re...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Petite Oval Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Perfecting line and form, the small box has a balanced, oval form shaped of white brass (...
Category
Chinese Minimalist 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
20thC American Silver Plated Trompe I'oeil Cigarette Box, Tiffany & Co c.1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century American made Tiffany & Co Trompe l'oeil cigarette box, with wood grain detailing on all sides and a two-tone brass and silver plated finish. The word 'cigarette...
Category
American Other 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood and Bakelite brown and White color France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood and Bakelite brown and White color France 20th
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Olive
Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in gilded 925/1000 silver with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone. On the lid, a very fine fire-enamell...
Category
Italian Queen Anne Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Carl Auböck Nutwood Humidor
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Auböck Humidor, Austria 1950s
Category
European 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Nutwood
Cigar Humidor, Ebony Macassar Cigar Box, France 1960, Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very nice humidor cigar box, in Macassar ebony. This box is large, was made in France in the 1960s. It has a brown and tan color.
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Footed Lidded Jar by Svenskt Tenn in Pewter
By Svenskt Tenn
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A gorgeous Art Deco pewter lidded box by Firma Svenskt Tenn. Features three ornate feet, a velvet lined interior, and Art Deco style lid.
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Edwardian English Sterling Silver Castle Top Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver castle top card case depicting Royal Windsor, an addition to our range ...
Category
English Edwardian Antique 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
RIPLEY & GOWAN 1920 Art Deco Guilloche Enamel Box In .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco case designed by Ripley & Gowan Company.
Beautiful early 20th century enamel box, created by the Ripley & Gowan Company circa 1920. This beautiful art deco box was carefull...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Cigarette Box Red Polkadot Art Deco Werkstatte Argentor Vienna Austria
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Stamped into coin shaped feet, 273 and, Made in Austria. Chips to paint, tarnish to brass, oxidation to lid surface. Functioning properly.
W 4 x D 3 x H 1.5 in.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Snuff Box Parrotlets on Flowering Branches. Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver En
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand painted miniature parrotlets on flowering branches. Ar...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Blue Lapis Lazuli and Marble Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautiful blue Lapis Lazuli and Carrara marble stone jewelry box. Created from genuine blue Lapis Lazuli, this box is low in profile and rectangular in form. This lovely jewelry or trinket box features a lid that fits onto its base. Both of which are completely covered in this beautiful blue stone.
The interior of the box's base and lid, are created using Carrara marble. The lid features stays, which retrofit into the base, and allow the top to hold to the base without sliding or moving.
The exterior is flanked with the gorgeous richly hued blue lapis lazuli.
How we would style it:
This blue stone box...
Category
Indian Agra 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
Early 20th Century hand carved Kashmiri royal cavalry cigar box
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century hand carved Kashmiri royal cavalry cigar box
A rare survivor from the 1st world war in the form of a hand carved Kashmiri cigar box. Covered in ornate relief flora...
Category
Indian Late Victorian Antique 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Set of 3 Japanese Inro Pill Boxes
Located in Munich, DE
These three antique handcrafted inro cases, are a wonderful collection of Japanese Sagemono (hanging object). These inro have several sections stacked ...
Category
Japanese Anglo-Japanese 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bone, Bamboo, Wood
Snuff Box Black enamel Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling.
Snuff Box Silver has black fired enamels on guilloché.
Snuff Box Silver has a lid with geometric design ...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid Century 5" Hammered Copper Tin Lined Humidor by Revere Rome N.Y
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco era humidor features a hand-hammered copper exterior, giving it a distinctive appearance with a textured surface.
Inside. It includes a pull air-tight lid and is signed Reve...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Copper
1950s Aldo Tura Mid-Century Modern Goatskin and Brass Pipe Shaped Tobacco Box
By Aldo Tura
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Goatskin and Brass tobacco box designed by Aldo Tura and manufactured by Macabo in the Fifties, it's in lovely vintage condition with brass in original patina. This exquisite tobac...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite bronze canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box dates to the early 20th century and provided an air...
Category
Chinese Qing 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Sterling Silver Box Striped Fire Enameled Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Sterling silver Jewel box with Rectangular rounded corners gold plated with translucent fire enamel stripes on guilloche and hand engraved with late Russian Empire style ornament app...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Dunhill Eggshell and Enamel Cigarette Case
By Dunhill
Located in Red Lion, PA
Rare Art Deco Dunhill Silver-Plated & Lacquered Cigarette Case with Coquille d’Œuf Inlay – Circa 1930
This stunning Art Deco Dunhill cigarette case is a masterpiece of elegant desig...
Category
British Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Whimsical Limoges France Halloween Ghost With Ball & Chain Porcelain Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Tustin, CA
Collectible and whimsical, limited edition Limoges porcelain Halloween motif miniature trinket box is handmade and hand painted in France and fe...
Category
French French Provincial 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Tabacco Pot With a Lid in Brown Color French 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Tabacco box with a Lid in wood. With brass. Brown color.
It has been made in France Circa 1970.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
20thC French Solid Silver & Enamel Cigarette Case, Ashtray & Lighter c.1930
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A striking 20th Century French solid silver & enamel art deco personal smoking set comprising a cigarette case, ashtray, and lighter, all crafted in solid silver with matching blue a...
Category
French Other 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse's Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below and hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, English "Art Nouveau" style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 4.7 x 6.7 x 2. Weight gr. 96. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Cigarette container in Brass made in the 1920's from Austria
Located in Vienna, Austria
A unique brass cigarette container from the 1920's hand made in Austria.
On top of the lid is a glass stone in turquoise colour. the lid fits tightly into the container.
From the bot...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique German Silver and Erotica Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique German 800 standard silver and erotica enamel cigarette case; an addition to our diverse range of continental silverware
This exceptional antique German 800 standard silver cigarette case has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
The anterior cover is embellished with an impressive enamel panel depicting a nude woman with long curling brown hair, grasping a stemmed rose and lounging against a sheer flowing fabric wrap.
The posterior cover and rounded sides of this cigarette case are plain and unembellished.
This case is fitted with a plain rounded thumbpiece and push fit catch, which when released reveals two hinged compartments.
This impressive example of antique silverware retains the original gilt interior.
The hallmarks struck to the interior of this antique German silver cigarette case include:
Maker's mark: LR (untraced)
National mark/reichsmark: Crescent moon and crown (Halbmond und Krone)
Silver quality/purity mark: 800 (800/1000)
Antique cigarette cases such as this are highly desirable.
Condition
This antique German silver cigarette case is an exceptional gauge of silver for its type, exceptional quality and in exceptional presentation condition in keeping with age.
The enamel is in perfect condition.
There are some signs of wear and discolouration to the orignal gilding, as to be expected in keeping with age and use.
The hallmarks struck to the interior of theis German cigarette case...
Category
German Antique 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Snuffbox two-tones enamel stripes Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enameled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleon...
Category
Italian Napoleon III Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Combination Sovereign or Vesta Case
By Thomas Hayes
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver combination sovereign or vesta case, an addition to our diverse box and case collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian English sterling silver combination vesta or sovereign case has a subtly domed rectangular, rounded form.
The anterior and posterior surfaces of this silver case are plain and unembellished.
This antique Victorian sterling silver sovereign case is fitted with a hinged hallmarked push fit cover allowing access to the hallmarked sprung sovereign holders...
Category
British Victorian Antique 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Snuff Box White Fire Enamel with Miniature of Bird Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of stylized blue bird, late 19th-century Viennese Art Nou...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS 1935 Paris Art Deco Geometric Box In Solid .925 Sterling Silv
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco box designed by Van Cleef & Arpels.
This is an amazing and rare geometric box, created in Paris France by the jewelry house of Van Cleef & Arpels, back in the 1935. The ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
A silver gilt and Imperial Yellow guilloche enamel singing bird box
Located in London, GB
A very fine silver gilt and Imperial Yellow guilloche enamel singing bird box with timepiece, by C. A. Marguerat, with a Nightingale on the lid. The Nightingale has appeared in many...
Category
Swiss Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Brass Tobacco Jar with Hand Painted Blue Delft Lid
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small container for cigarettes or tobacco. Its made from Solid patinated brass and its screw-of lid is decorated with a small hand-painted porcelain pl...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
KARL NEUDOLT 1922 Art Deco Guilloche Blue Enamel Case Box In .900 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box designed by Karl Neudolt.
This is a fabulous rectangular antique case-box, created in Vienna Austria by the silversmith Karl Neudolt, back in the 19...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Mallard Duck Desk or Smoker Set in Paris Porcelain, 1960s
Located in Paris, France
A mallard duck desk or smoker set in Parisian porcelain, composed of an ashtray, a desk tray, a business card box and a tobacco jar dressed in cellar leather...
Category
French 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Leather, Porcelain
French Art Deco Cigarette Box, Walnut Wood and Leather
Located in Miami, FL
A fine French Art Deco cigarette box, France, late 1930s.
Very good quality, constructed of walnut wood and leather.
Beautiful natural materia...
Category
French Art Deco 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Leather, Walnut
1950s Staved Teak Humidor by ESA Denmark
By ESA
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s ESA High quality tobacco humidor made of staved teak wood.
It provides a sufficiently humid microclimate.
Aesthetically pleasing design with a spring-loaded screw lid.
Ideal...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Teak
Antique Silver Enameled Ring Container Box from Kabylie, Algeria
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Berber Kabyle box container to hold rings and pins small jewelry or khol.
Made of silver wash with filigree enamel in pagoda shape.
Enamel and rhinestone made of silver tone ...
Category
Algerian Moorish 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Sterling Silver Victor Emanuel Pill Box
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver Victor Emanuel pill box. Antique blue enameled silver pill box with the crowned initials of King Victor Emanuel and House of Savoy rope emblem, stamped Masenza Rome. ...
Category
Italian 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
St. Cloud Style Hen and Chicken Snuff Box by Samson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
St. Cloud style hen and chicken snuff box, by Samson. Large size, beautifully decorated.
Category
French 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box White with noble coat of arms Baroque style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box noble coat of arms is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Snuff Box noble coat of arms has White fired enamels on guilloché and handpainted miniature of arabesques with noble coat...
Category
Italian Baroque 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Amsterdam School Copper Tobacco Box with Carnelian Accent, Early 20th Century
By Cris Agterberg
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This copper tobacco box, crafted in the style of the Amsterdam School, is a distinctive example of functional art from the early 20th century. The hammered copper finish, now enhance...
Category
Dutch Arts and Crafts 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Carnelian, Copper
Vase in shape 3988, by Keith Murray for Wedgwood, circa 1935
By Wedgwood, Keith Murray
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the rarer shapes from the Keith Murray range, this vase will appeal to the collector and decorator alike.
Keith Murray, a renowned figure in the Art Deco movement, made signi...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Stoneware
Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver Cigarette Case of Taj Mahal
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Silver cigarette case of Taj Mahal.
Category
Indian 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne style and sides with translucent fired enamels on ...
Category
Italian Queen Anne Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Unique Limoges France Hand Painted Bellows Porcelain Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Tustin, CA
Collectible and very unique, Limoges porcelain miniature trinket box is handmade and hand painted in France and features a very detailed bellows...
Category
French French Provincial 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Nose Box
Located in Hanover, MA
Dali-esque gilt metal snuff box bejeweled with light blue rhinestones and shaped like a surrealist human nose and lips . Magnetic closure. Yellow enameled interior.
Amusing containe...
Category
Italian Post-Modern 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Metal
English Tortoiseshell Box
Located in New York, NY
English tortoiseshell box. Ovoid shaped lidded snuffbox with integral handle of richly patterned tortoiseshell, England, circa 1900.
Dimensions: 3.5...
Category
English Antique 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Chinese Export Silver Cigar Box by Hung Chong & Co.
Located in Savannah, GA
Sterling silver cigar box marked Hung Chong (or Cheong) & Co., silversmiths & retailers, Canton, China, circa 1860-1930. Classic intertwined ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian English Regency Handcrafted Burl Wood Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful handcrafted jewelry box burl wood box, Victorian, Napoleon style burl wood jewelry box.
Polished burl Thuya wood hand made with high quality craft...
Category
British Victorian 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Painted Porcelain Tobacco Box Signed Edouard Marcel Sandoz for Theodore Haviland
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Painted porcelain tobacco box signed Edouard-Marcel Sandoz for Theodore Haviland Limoges. Art Deco period, France, circa 1920.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
French Hand-Crafted and Painted Ceramic Trinket or Jewelry Box
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful hand-crafted ceramic lidded trinket or jewelry box.
Mid-20th century, French.
Used as decorative item, this piece would enhance any shelf or tabletop.
Measures: 6 1/8...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
